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Total Members Voted: 3

Voting closed: June 13, 2022, 11:38:11 PM

[Kam]

lol. 

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1:27 Mike Scott makes 29-foot three pointer (Ben Simmons assists) 95 - 99
When Mike Scott hit that shot it was ovah.

[kiidcarter8]

Horrible no call on the Morris layup.

[Merciless]

Horrible no call on the Morris layup.

Down 1 with a 1:30 left..your boy gets a steal and has numerous options to feed 2 ahead of him for an easy deuce and the lead..instead he selfishly forces a bad layup....gets criticized by Clyde for it while Mike Scott comes down and hits the 3 and the nail in the coffin referenced above by Kam.

[kiidcarter8]

heh

My boy.  Yep.

[bodiddley]

A big long Franc article:
https://www.postingandtoasting.com/2019/11/19/20969702/frank-ntilikina-has-always-been-a-dog

I wasn't in favor of adding Elf, unless it meant trading one of Jr. Smith or Franc.  Because otherwise it just meant Franc wasn't going to get PG minutes.  Similar to last year with Mud & Burke.
Then Fizz compounded the problem by playing Trier and RJB at PG (since we only had 3 real PG's who needed minutes).  Really only injuries and circumstances have allowed Franc to get significant starting PG minutes.   And he's doing all right with them.  I hope Franc stays as our starting PG, Smith backs him up, and Elf is on the shelf until either injury or trade moves him to backup PG.
We need to develop Franc and Jr. Smith, so at least one is a significant long-term cog, and the other at least ups his trade value. 

With all the iffy D we get from Portis, Knox, Randle, it's good to have Franc and one of Taj/Mitch out there to keep the pressure on.

Only saw the highlights, but there were a couple '6er highlights where either Smith or Knox made bad reads for easy buckets.

Mike Scott has been a certified KnicKiller for a long time.  But Ennis was doing damage as well.

[bodiddley]

Cant help the guy.  He thinks Melo is a PF

Portland has a Nurkic-Whiteside duo on tap, with Collins and Gasol in tow - down the line.  Melo is there for perimeter shooting, amidst the early struggles of guys like Bazemore, who is a 3.

Wrong.  As though you've never heard of a stretch 4 before.
Melo is there because they have no PF on the roster and have been starting Rodney Hood there at times, since Zach's shoulder fell off.

NurK & Whitehead are both C's and unlikely to play together besides spot minutes.  Pa Gasol just retired at 39 after a HoF career.
Melo be there starting PF until Zach returns, when Melo will graciously move to the bench.  Ha!  Melo will whine and put Stotts in a bad situation.  Unless, as is likely, the Melo experiment is so bad by the time Zach is ready that no one cares what Melo thinks/wants.

Melo is a short-term stopgap and they'll worry about longer implications if they cna save the ship.  Maybe Melo will be part of the package POR sends us, along with Simons, in return for Morris . . .

[jaqdavisone]

Gosh that Fizzdale can fuk up a wet dream.  2 things I noticed Mitchell will jump for any ball fake and Taj was playing his ass off, hitting 3's, hitting the midrange making Embid leave the paint and THE DAMN PICK AND ROLL WAS WORKING, why didn't we keep running that play.  Fizz never calls timeouts to stop the bleeding, he just watch a 17 point lead dwindle away and always looks confused.  Rail in Randolph and Morris in crunch time let them know to look for the open man.  This has hapnd in every close game the same routine and the same results.  Is this guy watching the basketball film or is he watching porn.  Fizz drives me insane and If DSmith don't spit that damn gum out, playing badly and chewing gum just don't go together.  Grrrrrrr

[Kam]

Fizz never calls timeouts to stop the bleeding, he just watch a 17 point lead dwindle away and always looks confused. Grrrrrrr

Fizz isn't used to having leads let alone ones that dwindle away.  I think he thought the game was won.   But this is a good point.  He is far and away the least prepared game coach i've ever seen on this level.  As far as i can tell his best work is with the cameras in his face.

[kiidcarter8]

Game tied 90-90

In a 1 minute span, 5:06 to 4:03 - RJ Barrett clanks three shots and commits an offensive foul.  Tough to do.

Sub him out?  No.  He stayed on the court, finished the game, not heard from again til he committed an intentional foul with seconds left.

[bodiddley]

I suspect one reason players like Fizz is he lets them play through mistakes and doesn't correct their bad tendencies much.

Oops, that was two reasons.
Sure, players like a coach that does not holding guys accountable much, but that doesn't help the team much.

[kiidcarter8]

Knicks keep getting beat by guys that have been kept in the game because they are hot.

[elephant]

Game tied 90-90

In a 1 minute span, 5:06 to 4:03 - RJ Barrett clanks three shots and commits an offensive foul.  Tough to do.

Sub him out?  No.  He stayed on the court, finished the game, not heard from again til he committed an intentional foul with seconds left.

That's an interesting observation. Because 2 or 3 games ago, I thought there was a stretch where RJ turned the ball over 3 times in a row — which is really unusual to see — and I was struck that he wasn't removed. Not that he needed to be benched, as much as he might simply be given a chance to settle down or have the coach talk to him. I mean, as good as he can be, he's still a rookie and, presumably, in need of mentoring.

[lesterluv]

WHERE HAS THIS BEEN!

For some players, it takes until the 35th career start to DOMINATE

*** Actually, you know how many 75%+ shooting games, DJr has had in 119 career starts, even say 3 for 4? Zero. Elfrid? He's had two over last four seasons..

* Just for fun, Mudiay, 75%+ shooting in game with 5 or more completions...257games, 163 starts, exactly one such event in his career.

[lesterluv]

I suspect one reason players like Fizz is he lets them play through mistakes ....

Unless you are Euro or reluctant to dump up shitshots — fortunately for us, having his job on the line is helping Fiz to question some deeply held tendencies.


**** for those of you who don't reddit, the Frankie stuff is getting pretty hilarious over there. https://www.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/dzp8f6/the_year_is_2046_questioning_franks_ppg_is_now/

The points column in all box scores is now censored, it can only be viewed on the dark net. The steals and blocks column are now size 72 font.

[elephant]

A look at Mitchell's problems staying on the floor.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mitchell-robinson-is-the-knicks-best-player-if-only-he-could-stay-on-the-court/?addata=espn:frontpage